I'm unhappy with Railway because I hit limits as the app grew

That’s a common pain point with Railway: it’s great for getting started, but teams often run into limits as traffic, services, or operational needs grow.

If you’re looking to move on, the best replacement depends on what “grew” means for you:

• More traffic / more uptime needs → Fly.io, Render, Google Cloud Run, AWS ECS/Fargate
• Need more control / fewer platform limits → AWS, GCP, Azure with containers or Kubernetes
• Want a similar developer experience but more headroom → Render or Fly.io
• Mostly serverless APIs → Cloud Run, Vercel for frontend + backend APIs, or Lambda

A quick way to choose:

1. If you want minimal ops:

   • Cloud Run is often the best next step for containerized apps.
   • Scales well, pay-per-use, fewer “platform ceiling” issues.

2. If you want app + database hosting in one place:

   • Render is simpler and more predictable than many alternatives.
   • Good for web services, background workers, managed Postgres.

3. If you need global deployment / edge-ish behavior:

   • Fly.io can be strong, especially for low-latency apps.
   • More flexible, but a bit more operationally involved than Railway.

4. If you expect serious scale and complexity:

   • Move to AWS/GCP with Docker + managed services.
   • More work, but far fewer growth constraints.

If you want, I can help you narrow it down based on:

• your stack,
• traffic level,
• whether you need Postgres/Redis,
• and what Railway limit you hit.